Blue House to Probe AI Cheating Across All National Qualification Exams: "No Form of Cheating Can Be Tolerated"

AI Device Checks Four Days Before the CSAT
Dedicated Personnel to Identify Devices at Each Test Site
Dedicated Teams to Investigate Organized Cheating

The government has decided to conduct a comprehensive investigation into suspected cases of cheating involving artificial intelligence (AI) across all national qualification exams. The move follows allegations that the top scorer on the certified tax accountant exam used AI to cheat. With the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) scheduled for Nov. 19, four days later, the Blue House also reviewed procedures for checking all test takers for AI devices and plans to assign dedicated personnel to identify such devices at each test site.

Ha Joonkyung, policy chief at the Blue House

On Nov. 15, the Blue House made the decision at an emergency meeting on measures to prevent the spread of cheating using AI, chaired by policy chief Ha Junkyung. The meeting also reviewed procedures for identifying prohibited devices brought into CSAT test sites and measures to strengthen anti-cheating education for test takers and proctors.

"The fairness of exams is directly linked to public trust, and no form of cheating can be tolerated," Ha said. He urged the Ministry of Education and other relevant agencies to make full use of currently available tools, including thermal imaging cameras, while ensuring thorough management and supervision at test sites so that test takers wearing ordinary glasses or medical devices are not intimidated or disadvantaged.

Investigative agencies, including the police, will investigate promptly when cheating cases are reported. For serious cases involving new methods or organized cheating, they plan to form dedicated teams and trace the schemes back to those behind them. Ha called for authorities to "review the distribution of equipment used for cheating, such as miniature cameras, and devise ways to encourage tip-offs." He also called for the adoption of a principle of pursuing past crimes to the end and urged each ministry to develop measures to prevent a recurrence of cheating that exploits new technologies.

The government plans to hold a vice-ministerial meeting of relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, chaired by the prime minister on Nov. 16 to discuss additional measures to address cheating involving AI.

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